look at numbers to see if you are in the 'range' and fail to look at the trend, my husband has a blood cancer (MDS that led to AML and has undergone two bone marrow transplants) so I am all about trends in labs. I realize others are in a different situation and have other tests which I do not understand.
Our daughter is an internal med doc and I know she studied very hard and cannot even begin to tell you that I could not have memorized all those binders that were under her bed! But sometimes we just need to look at OUR picture. She is not going to micro manage her Dad's treatment, she is not an oncologist, not too mention a transplant doctor, and they have such different standards as we have learned over time. I cannot tell you how many times I have asked for another lab test to be included which led to a change in medication.
Stay involved and Question, but not so much as to get bogged down in every detail, BUT let someone else do that for you. Remain determined and keep that sense of humor, that is your job.
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